---
title:  \[HEAD | GET\] /gemfire-api/v1/ping
---

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Mechanism to check for REST API server and service availability.

## Resource URL

``` pre
http://<hostname_or_http-service-bind-address>:<http-service-port>/gemfire-api/v1/ping
```

## Parameters

None.

## Example Request

``` pre
HEAD /gemfire/v1/ping
GET /gemfire/v1/ping
```

## Example Success Response

``` pre
200 OK
```

## Error Codes

| Status Code               | Description                                                                                |
|---------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 404 NOT FOUND             | The Developer REST API service is not available.                                           |
| 500 INTERNAL SERVER ERROR | Encountered error at server. Check the Geode exception trace. |


